Organic wastes and the industrial technologies of their coprocessing with coal

Abstract

The production of solid waste in the Czech Republic was a round 40 Mt in 2000 – 2002 yearly. The organic compounds in the municipal waste (plastics, polymers, paper, wood, textile) and in the agricultural and forest waste (biomass) are mainly burned and partially landfilled. New industrial waste processes and their heat conversion in mixtures with coal allow an economical and energetically a more efficient utilization. They also open the way to the production of liquid fuels and chemicals.

Keywords

• organic wastes
• coal
• co-processing coal/wastes
• conversion processes